Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemens' Association of Australasia Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v MQF Queensland Pty Ltd and Darling Downs Bacon Co-operative Association [1994] QIRC 342 (1994) 146 QGIG 666

666 QUEENS LAND GOVERNMENT lNDUST RIAL GAZETTE [15 July, I 994 ####llllllll#llll#/lll/l#ll##/l/lll#/l##ll##ll##/1##/111#11/lll/l/l#/l#/l##/l/l##/I QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Rela1ions Act 1990 s. 147 - app licat ion fo r variation Federated Engine Drivers· and Firemens' Ass ociation of Australasia Qu eens land Branch. Union of Employees ANO MQF Queensl and l'ty. Ltd. and Darling Downs Bacon Co-operative Association (No B755 of 1993) E1'G l i'iE DRI VERS I i'< BAC ON FACT OR I.ES - SOUTH -EASTE R:'li DI VI SION 11\ DlJSTR IAL AC REEM ENT CO MM ISSIONER NUTTER VARIATIO, 20 Ma y 1994 T HIS matter coming on for hearing before the Commission at Br isb ane on the 20 May 1994, this Commission doth order that Lhc said Indust rial Agreement be va r ie d as fo ll ows as from the twenty- thi rd day of May. 1994- By deleting subclause (I) of clause 6 (Wages) and inserting th e following in lieu thereof:- "Wages 6.( I) The mini mum rates of wages to be paid to the undem1ent ioned classes of employees in the Southern Division. Eastern Dis trict shall be: - The new classificat ion structure expresses the award rate payable, being the combinat ion of the mi nimum classification ra te and a su ppl ementary payment which includes the $8.00 safety net adjustment. The award ra te includes a ll increases and adju stments arising as a resu lt of the Second Tier, Ist and 2nd st ru ct ural efficiency payme-i1 a:1d Strnctural Effic.,;ency Adjus tmen t. Interim Minimum Inte rim Award Rare Classification Supplementary as at Rate Payment 23/ 5/ 94 Classificat ion Per Weck Per Wec.k Per Weck s ; s (a) l.abi)Uft'fS 4 1 100 8 00 ~ 19 00 lb ) Trimmers 413 00 8 00 42 1 00 (c) Second dass engine dr i,,er ~ S1eam .. 445 90 SOO 45.l.90 Id) Second class f;Jlginc dri\'er - Reft i g.eta1iot1 (expansion men) 449 30 S OO d51 3() (o) f ff~I Cla;s.s engi ne drivc-1 - Refrigerauon. .. 479 40 8 00 48) 40 (f) Boil er clc-.aners 427 90 800 43190 (g) Assi stant fitter 427 80 8 00 J31 80 (h ) Finer 498 JO 800 )06 30 (i) End loader drivers - up 10 1rnd i ndudi ng 765 cum ( I cubic. )'afd) . 438 00 800 446 00 (j ) Tranor dr ivcri . •3~(>0 800 44 l W • The supplementary payment al each classification incl ude s an S8.00 adjustment reflecting the application of the arbitrated safe ty net adjustment principle enunciated in the February I994 Re view or Wage fixing Principles. Consistent with the requirements or that Principle the $8.00 safety net adjus tmen t is absorbablc to t he extent of any equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether ovcraward, award, industrial agreement or certi lied agreement - in excess of the min i mum rates (classification rate and supplementary payment) prescribed in accordance with the October 1989 State Wa ge Ca se decision an d adju sted in accordance with t he Ju ly I99 I State Wage Case decision . 'Overaward' -· ·Ove raward' payment is defined as the amount in rat es of pay which an employee would receive in excess of the minimum award wage as prescribed in th is lnduslrial Agreement for t he classification in wh ich such employee is engaged wh ich applied immed iately prior to the date of operation of this variation: Provided that this definition shall excl ude overtime. shill allowances. penalty rates. expense related allowances. industry allowances, disability a ll owances, vacation allowances, special rates or allowances. responsi bility allowances. or any other anc illary payments of a like nature descr ibed by thi s Industrial Agreement:·. Dated this twentieth day of May , 1994. By the Commission. [L.S.) M.I . CALLEN. Industr ia l Registra r. Operative Date: 23 May 1994 Variation - $8.00 Safe ty Net Adjustment Released: 5 Ju ly 1994 7 15 J uly, 1994] QUE ENS LAN D GOVERNMENT INDUSTRlAL GAZETTE 667 -- 1 of 1 --